Emanuel Swedenborg's De Caelo et Inferno (1758), the most widely read of his theological works. Presents an account of the afterlife and of angels and spirits grounded in his doctrine of correspondence, the claim that every natural object and scriptural passage mirrors a spiritual reality.
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Heaven and Hell is a book written by Emanuel Swedenborg in Latin, published in 1758. It gives a detailed description of the afterlife; how people live after the death of the physical body.
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